Somebody must have forgotten to send me my yearly ballot for the Universal Negro Elections because I don't recall anointing Cosby or anyone else as "one of our leaders". Remind me what were his exact qualifications for getting that position again....
Yes, Cosby was regarded as one of our leaders because of his accomplishments and willingness to give back. He put black kids through school and gave a ton of money to HBCU's. That meant a lot to people of a certain age group.
Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson also :smt043 :smt043
You can't put Jackson and Sharpton in the same category. Though Jackson may be irrelevant and a bit sketchy now, he earned his stripes fighting for us along side King. Make no mistake about him; he put in work. He was definitely one of our leaders. He earned that title back when they were really killing black men. You think it's bad now, it no where near like it was then. Whether you respect him or not doesn't matter. This is a part of our (your) history we all should.
Sharpton ... yeah ... weell, uh... I got nothin'.
He was more than blunt..it was like he was reading a script written by david duke.
Naw, bruh. He said the same things black people who got some sense been saying for years in exactly the same way. And, he has the right to say it. Cosby been down with the struggle for decades. He has that right.
And as far as the tone Cosby used to deliver his message; there was nothing wrong that either. He talked to knuckle heads the way any other older black man would talk to younger cats fucking up. He didn't sugarcoat it, he didn't water it down, he gave it you in the long standing tradition of black men passing down wisdom to black boys; straight, no chaser.
I always hear cats talking about how much they want to keep it real until someone says some real shit to them in a real way. Then, it's all about their feelings and how so and so should have said it a different way. Black men, we're supposed to be harder and more logical than that. When I hear people saying this is the most feminine male generation they've seen, I'm starting to see what they mean. Cosby gave some real world knowledge regardless of who he may or may not have raped.